| |
In lugnet.adventurers, Terry Prosper wrote:
> I'm asking the Adventurers fans and the MHoF fans to help me on this. I'm
> trying to stop a cheater that is mass-voting for Harry Cane. If he/she doesn't
> stop it, I'll have to disqualify the Adventurers series.
>
> I know who this person is. However, because I can't prove it without any doubt,
> I will not say who this person is. However, I will show the IP of this person:
>
> 9/1/2004 21:30 | Harry Cane | 63.154.72.56 ()
> 9/1/2004 21:33 | Harry Cane | 63.154.72.131 ()
>
> 10/1/2004 21:33 | Harry Cane | 63.154.72.41 ()
> 10/1/2004 21:38 | Harry Cane | 63.154.72.98 ()
>
>
> 11/1/2004 21:38 | Harry Cane | 63.154.72.5 ()
> 11/1/2004 21:43 | Harry Cane | 63.154.72.51 ()
>
> As you can see, this person either disconnects and re-connects to have a
> different IP or he/she changes computers. I've repeatedly asked this person via
> email to stop it and I've received no answer from this person. This person has
> mass-voted for Johnny Thunder and King Kahuka in the past, so I'm tired of these
> games. If this persons truly wants to help the Adventurers Minifigs to get in
> the MHoF, he/she should stop right away or I'll be obligated to disqualify Harry
> Cane and every future Adventurers Minifigs.
>
> Unfortunately, I fear this won't help. This person has a webpage on which
> he/she links to Minifigville telling people to vote for a specific Minifig (when
> there are no Adventurers, he/she chooses another one). This goas against the
> spirit of the Minifig Hall of Fame.
>
> Ultimately, I might be forced to stop the elections and find a better way to
> select Minifigs who get in the MHoF. Should it be a Lugnet Poll where cheating
> would be very difficult or by naming the figs myself based on suggestions and
> secret voting, but I prefer not doing that as the MHoF is before all a
> community-based project.
>
> I hope the cheater understands this and will stop at once. I also ask this
> person to remove any link to my website and any reference to it on his webpage.
>
> Some of you might think I take this a little bit too seriously, but I am trying
> to build something here with you all and I can't stand it if some cheating
> lobbyist ruins it all for the sake of his/her favorite theme. I'm working on
> some other projects to make the MHoF a recognized award for Minifigs and this
> doesn't help. In fact, I consider this as a nuisance to the community.
>
> Thank you for your help and understanding.
>
> Terry
> www.minifigville.com
A quick Whois search on ARIN yielded this:
OrgName: Qwest Communications
OrgID: QWDL
Address: 950 17th Street
Address: Suite 1900
City: Denver
StateProv: CO
PostalCode: 80202
Country: US
NetRange: 63.152.0.0 - 63.159.255.255
Maybe you could narrow it down from there.
-Orion
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
 | | MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
|
| I'm asking the Adventurers fans and the MHoF fans to help me on this. I'm trying to stop a cheater that is mass-voting for Harry Cane. If he/she doesn't stop it, I'll have to disqualify the Adventurers series. I know who this person is. However, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
|
16 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
